How long was the ride out on the dinghy? The sea did not look very calm! My main bane of scuba diving, motion sickness! I once threw up on a 2 minute boat ride from the beach in front of the hotel to the divesite in Dumaguette, the Philippines

Errr in that case, I'm glad Eric is doing this trip. The seas usually are ocean swells with wind either creating counter-waves (BIG and ROUGH!) or just rough. And you are out on the boat ALL DAY! Also don't forget... it is winter there so even if you can handle the water temp, you come up to cold breeze which can bring your core temp down very quickly.Actually I remember Dumaguette has an offshore wind which causes swelly conditions.

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Errr in that case, I'm glad Eric is doing this trip. The seas usually are ocean swells with wind either creating counter-waves (BIG and ROUGH!) or just rough. And you are out of the boat ALL DAY! Also don't forget... it is winter there so even if you can handle the water temp, you come up to cold breeze which can bring your core temp down very quickly.Actually I remember Dumaguette has an offshore wind which causes swelly conditions.

Ouch, I might have to rethink this kind of trip! The time in Dumaguette that I threw up, it was a quick boat ride from El Dorado resort to Atlantis housereef so it was not even a trip over to Apo Island (I threw up there too). Although as I get older, motion sickness seemed less severe (may be I am just used to it). Last Lembeh trip was the first time in a long time that I did not throw up even once. The liveaboard crews who were used to see me heaving in dinghy, upon surfacing, resting on the boat were very very surprise!

How many dives did you do in one day. While the camera battery won't be an issue, I could see problem with strobe batteries and possibly CF card (unless I can afford an 8 GB card). Were you on a big boat and just get the dinghy to drop you off at bait ball (hopefully not in small boat all day long)?

Thanks for the link and a very good reading, hmmm, yes, I wil definitely have to rethink this whole sardine run. Incredible dives but geez....
A while I go, I heard of an island not too far from Bali that also has similar baitball type dive, major cleaning station for Mola Mola etc. Anyone has any idea where that is. It is kind of a bit out of the way with supposedly only one dive operator. It is not Nusa Penida or other places around Bali that most people usually go diving.

Thanks for the link and a very good reading, hmmm, yes, I wil definitely have to rethink this whole sardine run. Incredible dives but geez....A while I go, I heard of an island not too far from Bali that also has similar baitball type dive, major cleaning station for Mola Mola etc. Anyone has any idea where that is. It is kind of a bit out of the way with supposedly only one dive operator. It is not Nusa Penida or other places around Bali that most people usually go diving.

SHHHHH!!!! Don't tell anyone about that!

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Would love to see it but don't have patience...i hate my slow internet....

Mike, just for you and other modem users, here is a 6.3MB file of the same video for the modem types. You will need Quicktime 7.0 for both and ON2 codec for the big file.Mini sards vid 6.3 MBThe big sard 13.8MB

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Posted 18 May 2006 - 08:30 AM

Scubadru,
I loved it, the music fit the mood. Really look forward to a final cut. Anytime I see something that makes me envious, it has to be good. I'm green and its not easy being green.;-)
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Drew,
Great diver shots...what was the dark mass behind all the divers and bubblles? Plankton, polution, cloud cover...oh that's right...sardines!

Ok...so rub it in. If we had said..."nah, not interested" that would be just cause to rub it in. But we said "damn, would kill to go but will be killed if we do". that is more grounds for pitty than anything us.

Mercy, mercy and please don't tell us how great it was when you return.

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Posted 19 May 2006 - 07:16 AM

Dru, can't speak for Justin and Shawn, but I certainly did.
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Waitminnit mate
I happen to know that Australia has cheap flights out of the country. I worked in Oz for 1 year + and returned often cos my RTW tix originated from there (ok there was this "sheila" in sydney too).
No big business so Forbes won't be interested.

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